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Subject: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:04 PM first...apologies to Matt Bram & Cuilionn for taking so long to get these in...(life has been hectic around here, and I am certified lazy...*grin* here is a new page with Cuilionn & Matt B. ...(I had to crop & reduce Cuilionn's a lot...I may try to get it a bit better soon..) and...*smile*...here are---hot off the press..pics of catspaw, small possum, and family... catspaw with family and REAL nice Hammered dulcimer (boy, I sure hope I got all this right!) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:10 PM and coming soon..(just got 'em developed..not scanned) Mac & Bert at FSGW gathering in April...with some of the usual East Coast USA crowd..(it was a NICE weekend...Max played some blues, and Bert did some of his own songs and a few other things...including one that katlaughing sent him..a very moving song. (boy...this sure can eat an evening when you don't know what you are doing..*wink*) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:32 PM I think the ampersand in this address may not 'take' http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/abba/690/Cuilionn&Matt.html I will mess with it...try cutting & pasting till I get it fixed... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:35 PM oh...got it...somehow html got in there twice...*sigh* try this Cuilionn and Matt |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:40 PM howEVER..*grump* the text editor has twice clipped Cuilionn's words...here is what it should say... "Here's ma contribution tae th' album: a photo o' masel' an' "MacRodel", ma piper friend whae's postit a few times tae th' 'Cat. Th' photo wis ta'en in January '99 at a Robert Burns Nicht ceilidh in Roanoke, VA. I, Cuilionn, (kent elsewhaur as "Holly"), am th' ane haudin' th' wee buik an' wearin' fu' Scottish peasant dress. MacRodel is th' verra tall woman wearin' a kilt, captured on film for ance wi'oot her Grait Highland Pipes." |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Jun 99 - 12:00 AM Cuilionn my dear, you are as lovely as your Scots prose and I am so glad you sent a picture. But I must say that for once, my mental image and the reality matched. It rarely happens, but what a nice surprise when it does. On the other hand, I really felt that posting my picture would crash the system, but I did feel obligated to send some pix after so many had done so much for me and my family in May. Sorry that Wayne took the picture and wasn't in it......and the kids were impossible to round up. Thanks to Banj for the "forward" and to Bill for the posting. And of course thanks to Barbara for my little friend. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: alison Date: 18 Jun 99 - 12:12 AM Hi, I have to say Catspaw was nothing like what I pictured, but his family looked exactly as I thought they would. But what I really want to know is why is Matt starting to unbutton his trousers?**grin** (sorry Matt..... couldn't resist.. maybe it's my dirty mind.......) hahahaha slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 99 - 12:12 AM Well, 'Spaw! Nice 'spenders! Great looking family! Dy-no-mite dulcimers! And, I guess if I was gonna blow up a possum's arse, I'd want some clorox handy, too! Considering where you've been recently, you look really great! Knew you'd have a great smile, reminds me of my favourite uncle's smile. BillD, thanks! Glad you got to hear Bert's rendition of my song...sigh...he still owes me a tape....but then, he has been missing his better half, so....I guess we have to make allowances, eh?***BG*** Cuillion...looks like a great time, loved to've seen those pipes, too. Matthew....it was worth the wait, now how about some comments to go with it?**Grin** Love ya all, katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bert Date: 18 Jun 99 - 09:16 AM OK! OK! 'ghing, I'll get to it this weekend. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Jun 99 - 09:20 AM Good idea Bert..........You realize I'm sure that in feral cat society, the dominant queen rules the pack. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bert Date: 18 Jun 99 - 01:00 PM Catspaw, and how does that differ from anywhere else??? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bert Date: 18 Jun 99 - 01:30 PM He was sitting with his Jug o' Bleach..... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Jun 99 - 01:36 PM It don't Bert........But you gotta' pay homage or you'll be SBT! I think we both did a good job here.....sneak yourself a pat on the back. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Vixen Date: 18 Jun 99 - 02:16 PM Dear 'Spaw! Your family is cool, and I really don't care what they look like, they will always be cool in my book. However, what I really want to talk about is that dulcimer. Tim has one I described to you before, and it's probably close the size of the one in your picture. He's contemplating taking all the strings off, regluing some loose spots, repairing some splits, and stringing it back up only with courses of 3 and 2 instead of 4 and 3. It's going to be a bit of a big project, and I'm wondering two things. 1)any suggestions regarding pitfalls we should watch out for? 2) how much do you get for one like the one in the picture, in case we botch the whole job (*and* win the lottery!) The only hammered dulcimers I've seen around here are little embryonic things that could pass for a lap dulcimer. Yours is an impressive creation. V |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Matthew B. Date: 18 Jun 99 - 02:55 PM Funny how the dulcimer gets all the compliments, and the mere humans only get mentioned for their foibles. Sorry to kill the fantasy, alison , but I'm not undoing my pants in the photo. I'm just kind of tugging at my vest (perhaps subconsciously out of those same impulses that would have made me undo my pants, but that's another story). Now, if I'd known that you wanted a picture of me taking something off, I could have e-mailed you something. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: skarpi Date: 18 Jun 99 - 03:54 PM to what address or e-mail do I send pictures of me and my band???. I have to send you two or three pictures from Iceland. bless að sinni , slán skarpi Iceland. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 18 Jun 99 - 04:09 PM skrpi...send to extree@erols.com |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 18 Jun 99 - 04:32 PM Thanks, Bill! Catspaw, we need to know who is who in the family shot. Great to finally see you (& not to have to picture in my mind how you blow that silly 'possum!). Matthew B., now we can identify you at Clearwater. I think you said you plan to go? bbc |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Matthew B. Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:32 PM Yes, and if I think of it I might even remember to be wearing my Mudcat t-shirt. What will you be wearing? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Mudjack Date: 18 Jun 99 - 05:44 PM Hi BillD, Just sent off a mudshot your way.Now off to check out the new stuff. Mj
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 18 Jun 99 - 06:25 PM Matthew, WE'll be in our Mudcat tees (Sat. only). Check out our pictures in the Mudcat album on the Links page. bbc & Duane D. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 18 Jun 99 - 06:50 PM To make it easier, Matthew, in the Links, I searched under "Misc." & a non-library type seems to have filed it under "The Mudcat Family Album." Sigh. bbc |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Jun 99 - 07:16 PM Hey bbc......the family shot is labeled, but from left to right is my wife Karen, me, sister Connie, and Pat Wyatt (better known as Clarence or the Maw-In-Law....Karens mother. BTW, Connie says she hasn't heard from you in awhile on the e-mail, so I explained about Dr. Ruth and doughnuts. NOW she REALLY wants to talk to you! catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Jun 99 - 07:27 PM Vixen..........Sorry that I didn'y throw this in earlier! I'll send you a message re: pitfalls, but I bet you have no trouble at all. And the dulcimer pictured, a 16/15 sells for between $475. and $650. depending on woods and gadgetry. The basic 12/11 (depending on woods used) sells for $325. to $375. All use rock maple pin blocks and interior framing and 3/4" Finnish Birch laminate (not plywood) backs for maximum stability and least flex. catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 18 Jun 99 - 07:38 PM catspaw, You're right, it *is* labelled. I keep missing things because I have to scroll horizontally to get all of Bill D's screen. Oh, boy, I'm in trouble w/ Connie now! I thought she owed me mail! bbc |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 99 - 09:45 PM That's a good kitty, Bert! I am purring with anticipation and sparing you and 'Spaw.....for the moment!***BG*** katlaughingmaniacally! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 18 Jun 99 - 10:10 PM bbc...*grin*...but YOU have a genuine web page maker in the family..I am trying to make thing work in the silly template that Fortune City gives me (and HOPING to find time to learn to do it right!!!) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 19 Jun 99 - 08:16 AM Sorry, Bill, no criticism was intended; I should be able to see a scroll bar. It truly is a benefit having a brilliant 17-yr old in the house. Hope we can figure out how to do some of these things on our own before he leaves us in a year. He says there's always email! It was suggested that we might put the birthdays, email list, & photo gallery together on the Links page under a new category, like Mudcat Members. If it has its own category, it will be easier to find. What do you think? bbc |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Banjer Date: 19 Jun 99 - 02:13 PM Kool Idea...The Mudcat Family reference link!! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 19 Jun 99 - 10:56 PM yep...I need to figure out a way to do that clearly...trouble is, the give you three ..that's (3)! 'links' per page...I can hide more in the text beside a picture, but that was not my prefered way..(though I did in a couple of places).. I will draw myself a map of the site and see if I can make ir all clearer...(the real solution still being to learn to create a real page and upload it as a unit...(they do allow for that if you know what you are doing)..[the other real solution is to let someone...like a brillant 17 year old..*wink*...take it over and whip it into shape..]...my real problem is that REAL LIFE this summer is demanding too much of me. I know that once I get past the first big hump in the learning curve, I will say.."Oh, is THAT all there is to it?"..........(one of my parlor tricks is to walk into someone's house and program their VCR without reading the manual...I've wondered if folks would pay money to see me live...like a magician making a 747 disappear) anyway...we shall see...(and I really will scan those pics of Max, Bert, etc. soon) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 19 Jun 99 - 11:06 PM p.s...just got in a pic of scarpi and his band in Iceland!..at 664,000 bytes! *grin* ..will hoist it onto the chopping block and render it usable..if it don't pop the seams! (ACDSee refused to even try to laod the big version...but CompuPic or PaintShopPro will do it!) so...soon, scarpi, Max, Bert and assorted characters |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Banjer Date: 20 Jun 99 - 07:11 AM Bill, can you tell me how to keep pictures at a smaller size when e-mailing them? I noticed when I sent you mine, and again when I sent C-paws that the files were rather large. Is there not some way that they can be reduced and when you (or whomever) receives them, resized? Please advise. Thanks |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 20 Jun 99 - 12:38 PM banjer & all...the size of files is first determined by how you create them...scanning a slide, flat photo, or taking a picture with a digital camera...Some scanner & camera software has settings for how 'detailed' a picture you produce..(that is, how many pixels are crammmed into it, which determines how well it would survive being magnified & printed..(the more pixels, the better, if you want to print it out). Now, the more pixels per square inch, the bigger the size..(in bytes..and sometimes in actual screen width). You can have a fairly small picture be VERY densely packed, thus able to be zoomed on screen or printed as an 8x10...etc...but it takes disk space...so there are compromises when you email or store them..(or, when you make an online album!! That place I have the album gives me 20,000,000 bytes, which would be used up by about 18 of scarpi's pics.... now, to your question..*grin*...'if' you have a way to control the size of pic you produce, fine...if not, you would have to have a program to reduce it..that is, either by cropping [actually chopping off some parts unnesessary to the image], or by reducing the overall onscreen dimensions (from 10x14", to maybe 5x7"...which cuts the size to ¼, or by just making a copy at less resolution, which may be fine for online, but not good for printing. There are many programs which will alter digital pictures, but you have to get and install one...(if you scanned the pic, you ought to have such a program with your scanner...if it was taken with a digital camera, you may not)...further, the format .bmp, .gif,.jpg, also determine the size...(early on, I got a couple in .bmp, which some cameras and scanner produce by default...and these are the biggest..) the same programs will 'convert' one format to another...at a price of resolution, etc... some of the programs are simple, and essentially free, some are quite complex and expensive, (and all of them allow you to correct color, contrast, brightness, etc, to varying degrees...the pic of Roger In Baltimore had everything done to it...cropped, reduced, brightened)....so, the short answer..(ain't you glad you asked?) is that if you have a ½ million byte file, either you have to reduce/convert/crop it, or I do...(and 3 years ago, I had NO idea how any of this worked!) It can be fun to play with a free/cheap program...(lets you decide whether you want a fancy one)...but if you are not into it yet, or someone just did a pic for you and gave you a disk, then you'll just have to send it on at full size and trust me to mess with it and not ruin it...(I generally make a copy first, till I am sure I have a decent postable one.)...my only real problem is that I have a small hard drive and have to be careful how many pics I try to store. So, this may be more than you wanted to know, but there are those new to all this who don't quite know how it works, and I wanted to try to get the overall principles noted...the details get even more complex then even I have stomach for. As the album gets bigger/better, I'm sure there will have to be decisions made...and I will need advice from those wiser in all this. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Banjer Date: 20 Jun 99 - 05:53 PM Yes, Bill, That information does help. I have Adobe Photo Shop at my disposal and am trying to learn all I can about it. Thanks for taking the time and answering our questions. Maybe one of these days we will all be able to do what we want with these album pages. Thanks again!! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: skarpi Date: 20 Jun 99 - 06:22 PM Hallo Bill , I see you have a problem with the picture??. what did I do wrong and how can I fix it? bless skarpi Iceland. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Jo Taylor Date: 20 Jun 99 - 08:12 PM Banjer & all Go to ScanTips for all you ever wanted to know about images, resizing, manipulating etc... Jo |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Jo Taylor Date: 20 Jun 99 - 08:19 PM Oh dear. Try ScanTips I'm having trouble with my keyboard on borrowed computer... if that didn't work the URL is www.scantips.com! And, Banjer, if you have any particular queries about using PhotoShop, drop me an email - jo.taylor@wanadoo.fr - it's what I do for a living, should be able to help... Jo |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 21 Jun 99 - 01:28 PM scarpi..no, it is ok..I was just using yours as an example...I have gotten similar size pics from others...I have reduced it now, and will be creating a page and posting it soon... (I do have a question, though..in the upper left corner, there seems to be a knitted fabric hidden in what seems to be darkness!..I have cropped a piece out at the large magnification, and will post it on the page...Do you know what it is? Was there a wall hanging, or a canopy over the bar?) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 21 Jun 99 - 02:57 PM new pics...scarpi & Mudjack now available..see the thread dated 6/21 2:30 pm EST-USA |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Matthew B. Date: 24 Jun 99 - 09:50 PM Cuilionn, just one thing I don't understand: which one in the photo are you? The fiddler or the other one? As for the photo of me, it was taken at a ragtime dress ball, where we all dressed up like a bunch of 1910 Vanderbilts, danced only the dances that Vanderbilts in 1910 would have danced (Vintage dancing is another passion of mine), and ate lavishly (so is eating... as you can see) in a vast, guilded restaurant, complete with vaulted ceilings, opulent acoutrements, plush furniture and bronze statues. What a rush! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Cuilionn Date: 24 Jun 99 - 10:45 PM I'm th' ane whae's NAE in a kilt, an' NAE playin' th' fiddle...in ither wairds, I'm th' shorter o' th' twa, standin' there beltin' oot bawdy lyrics in Braid Scots (what ither language IS there?) tae th' instrument's accompaniment.
By th' way, Matt, ye are a braw laddie yersel', if I micht be sae bold as tae say sae! Grand tae see Catspaw an' kith an' kin as weel... glad tae ken th' hale lot o' ye!
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Jun 99 - 11:06 PM Cuilionn my lass, where have you been? I've missed your Braid Scots posts and was needing a fix! Had a friend over the other night and we spent some time just going back through all your previous messages and he too was truly impressed with your "prose." As I said above, Karen and I enjoyed your picture and both of us agreed that you look as we expected as opposed to say my buddy Banj, who did not wear his 4-star General F****P uniform, or as I think about it, myself, who looks like an FBI poster (WANTED FOR UNREPENTANT POSSUM ASS BLOWING). In any case, it's good to see you back...and don't take off agin without letting somebody know where you're at!!! catspaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Matthew B. Date: 02 Jul 99 - 04:29 PM Och aye, Cuilionn, I'm such a sucker for flattery. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 03 Jul 99 - 12:34 AM Any idea on when we Bay Area Mudders might appear, Bill? --seed
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 03 Jul 99 - 02:32 PM well,seed, I was not gonna say much till it was a done deal, but it seems we have a volunteer to do the album RIGHT!!! Hooray!)(and, on a private server with no ads!)...I am not sure of the timetable..will probably know this weekend..if it will be more than a few days, I'll go ahead and put'em up...but Fortune City has re-designed their site and it is slow as molasses right now to edit!! Look for new information in the next day or so... Bill |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 03 Jul 99 - 06:04 PM Hey, good news, Bill. (Where'd you find a volunteer?). I gotta get a copy of my picture to Harpgirl for when she watches Young Frankenstein [don't worry, Harp, you'll still have to imagine me in the buff]). --seed |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Bill D Date: 03 Jul 99 - 06:30 PM ah, harpgirl..an amazing sight he is, too! *grin*... (well seed, I guess it isn't necessary to keep it a 'secret'..bbc says her son will set it up, and she will maintain it after awhile...always having the benefit of his advice...neat and generous!) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bbc Date: 03 Jul 99 - 08:49 PM We will be putting it at the same site as the email & birthday lists. The photo gallery will have an opening page of hot links to those Mudcatters (ABC by user name) who choose to submit their photos. Each person will be on his/her separate page, which should be quick-loading. David is also considering an ICQ list & a list to link to members' webpages. Is that of interest? I don't know exactly when we'll get it together, but we are both off for the summer, so we have more leisure than usual. Once it's set-up, it should be pretty easy to maintain. We'll put a new link on the Mudcat Links page, but any of you who have already bookmarked "bbc's Mudcat Resources" should be all set. We'll keep you informed. We're not trying to steal Bill D.'s glory. He's made a great start on the project & deserves our thanks. It's just easy for David & he has the time to do it. He's a good kid! bbc |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Banjer Date: 03 Jul 99 - 10:41 PM Thank You David for your time and effort! I'm sure that you will be receiving a lot of pictures for inclusion into the page. I would like to send a picture of my home-made lap dulcimer and would like to see other phoak's home made instruments. We have already seen C'paws' hammered dulcimer AND the home-made possum ocarina up whose petootie he (Ctaspaw) likes to blow!! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 03 Jul 99 - 11:47 PM Let's hear it for Barbara and her boy Dave (and tell us all, lad, have ya been doin' a bit of lurkin', here, yersel'? --seed |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Album-New pics! From: Date: 04 Jul 99 - 03:15 PM Cuilonn, Wot uvver langwidge is there? Gor blimey aintcherevver 'erd ov Cockney me ol' china?
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